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We’ve all gotten wrong-number calls and texts; some of us have even been on the receiving end of repeated wrong-number calls looking for the same person. But Consumerist reader Ed wants to know why his phone number is listed — twice — as a babysitter on Care.com, even though he’s (A) not a babysitter, and (B) never had an account with the site.
Unfortunately, Care.com has no good answers for Ed.

The on-demand economy and the 1099 workers that companies like Uber rely is now an issue in the U.S. Presidential race. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton weighed in on the topic in a speech on Monday.

Uber is a car service that sends a driver to a user on-demand when he or she pings a mobile app. Investors think the business is worth a lot of money – $3.4 billion to be exact. That's up from a $330 million valuation in November 2011.

iTunes/ScreenshotIt's no secret that New Year's Eve is the biggest night of the year for Uber. On this same night last year, the company delivered 2 million rides to people coming home from bars and parties after ringing in the new year.

An experienced Edmonton babysitter who advertised his services on the classified website Kijiji is facing a range of child pornography offences, including possessing, accessing, and distributing child pornography.
Jason Michael Campbell, 36, was arrested Nov. 23 at his home in west Edmonton home.
A statement by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, or ALERT, says there’s no evidence that children in Campbell’s care were sexually exploited, but he is alleged to have uploaded child pornography while babysitting.

Starting today, you can order dinner with the tap of a button and have it arrive within 10 minutes. It's part of Uber's UberFRESH initiative, which launched in August to deliver fresh lunches from local restaurants.

Uber, the on-demand ride service valued at $3 billion, has been experimenting with on-demand deliveries. For Valentine’s Day, the startup delivered on-demand roses. On hot summer days, it brings on-demand ice cream to users.